It's a very surreal experience....
Posted: Nov 13th 2002, 12:03 am
...watching the show again. It really is. I got them around 4 this afternoon, I started with the "Pilot" and now I'm on "The Zit." The quality of the DVDs is awesome as far as I can tell (though I agree with everyone else about the lame menus), and I'm just getting lost in these episodes again. I can't believe, after all this time, that they're playing on my TV screen, through my PS2 of all things (again, no quality glitches).
I've read the transcripts over and over, but it's not the same as watching. Reading the transcript, I think, "Wow, they say 'like' a hell of a lot," and then when you see the episodes, it comes out perfectly natural. The way Angela says things during her voiceovers in just the right way...it feels real.
Especially the Patti/Graham, Parent/Angela interactions. Seven years ago I couldn't appreciate the genuineness or appreciate the quality of the acting. But now it's, "Oh my God, that happened between my mother and my sister," or, "My parents have had similar conversations."
And I remember scenes so clearly sometimes that it's like intense deja vu (i.e. closing scene of "Guns & Gossip" was imprinted on my brain way back when). Just goes to show how much it impacted me. Everything from some of the scene transitions (especially, "Dancing in the Dark," wow) to the brutal honesty expressed even through the way things are lit is amazing. These actors never missed a mark, and I think my crush on Angela is coming back in a big way (the 12/13-year-old in me is giddy right now
).
I'm right back in '95, experiencing it again, and it's gonna hurt when they come to the end. This was a beautiful, beautiful show, and I'm so very glad I have it to see again and again.
I'm watching My So Called Life, and it's surreal. *smacks himself in the face to check for dream-state* But real at the same time. Weird, huh?
I've said this to Jason privately, but thanks for everything you did getting this made. For me, it was worth it. May everyone have a chance to experience what I am.
-Pat
I've read the transcripts over and over, but it's not the same as watching. Reading the transcript, I think, "Wow, they say 'like' a hell of a lot," and then when you see the episodes, it comes out perfectly natural. The way Angela says things during her voiceovers in just the right way...it feels real.
Especially the Patti/Graham, Parent/Angela interactions. Seven years ago I couldn't appreciate the genuineness or appreciate the quality of the acting. But now it's, "Oh my God, that happened between my mother and my sister," or, "My parents have had similar conversations."
And I remember scenes so clearly sometimes that it's like intense deja vu (i.e. closing scene of "Guns & Gossip" was imprinted on my brain way back when). Just goes to show how much it impacted me. Everything from some of the scene transitions (especially, "Dancing in the Dark," wow) to the brutal honesty expressed even through the way things are lit is amazing. These actors never missed a mark, and I think my crush on Angela is coming back in a big way (the 12/13-year-old in me is giddy right now
).I'm right back in '95, experiencing it again, and it's gonna hurt when they come to the end. This was a beautiful, beautiful show, and I'm so very glad I have it to see again and again.
I'm watching My So Called Life, and it's surreal. *smacks himself in the face to check for dream-state* But real at the same time. Weird, huh?
I've said this to Jason privately, but thanks for everything you did getting this made. For me, it was worth it. May everyone have a chance to experience what I am.
-Pat
